Where to find rare and foreign metal LPs?
- Crows In Black
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Where to find rare and foreign metal LPs?
Okay, Ive given up on used record stores in the US, all they ever have in their "metal" sections are new vinyl from shitty black metal bands or crap like AC/DC and Krokus....so does anyone know any good online stores (or actual stores in the US) or anywhere else where I can find foreign metal (by that I mean non-us) on LP or even CD?
"all they ever have in their "metal" sections are new vinyl from shitty black metal bands or crap like AC/DC and Krokus"
how true this is! but sometimes, i mean VERY rarely do i find an LP worth buying.
I usually have better luck with CDs. the other day i picked up CDs from Toxic, Brocus Helm, Xentrix, Vendetta, and Vectom.
Anyway, the only online places i know to get em at are Yahoo JP and Ebay. sadly.
I havent tried any record fares yet. but been wanting to.
how true this is! but sometimes, i mean VERY rarely do i find an LP worth buying.
I usually have better luck with CDs. the other day i picked up CDs from Toxic, Brocus Helm, Xentrix, Vendetta, and Vectom.
Anyway, the only online places i know to get em at are Yahoo JP and Ebay. sadly.
I havent tried any record fares yet. but been wanting to.
- Crows In Black
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Yeah, CD's are pretty easy to find most of the time because they are newer I guess, but if I have to choose between CD and LP I will choose LPsabbat666 wrote:"all they ever have in their "metal" sections are new vinyl from shitty black metal bands or crap like AC/DC and Krokus"
how true this is! but sometimes, i mean VERY rarely do i find an LP worth buying.
I usually have better luck with CDs. the other day i picked up CDs from Toxic, Brocus Helm, Xentrix, Vendetta, and Vectom.
Anyway, the only online places i know to get em at are Yahoo JP and Ebay. sadly.
I havent tried any record fares yet. but been wanting to.
Right now I am in the midwest area (KY, OH, TN, IL) and I am trying to find either CD's or Vinyl but prefer vinyl.glockose wrote:
Where are you in the USA??
are you looking for CD's or Vinyl?
I wasn't insulting AC/DC, I just mean that if you go to the "metal" section of a record store, thats usually ALL they have.......and metal markets or anything similar are non-existent here .acid wrote: Crap like AC/DC? Tss.. grow up!!
Anyway, for rare stuff I'd go to metal markets or ebay. I used to find some rare records in stores through Holland, but I dont have time to visit them anymore.
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Re: Where to find rare and foreign metal LPs?
Much a hystorical band krokus was and is.I can't at all agree about Krokus.Krokus for me was a very good Hard/Heavy metal band.Their album Headhunter was their best.If you like Accept you should check that.The best Swiss band for me!Crows In Black wrote: or crap like AC/DC and Krokus.
As for AC/DC i never liked them though.
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In the USA things are a little differant, There are NO Metal Marts.
And there are only a few stores that carry a lot of metal.
Record shows are hit and miss. At the Austin TX show(Oct) there will be 3-4 metal dealers CD's and Vinyl, At WFMU show NY/NJ (Nov) there again will be 2-3 metal dealers. In small shows around the country http://www.recordshowsofamerica.com/
you will find 1-2 dealers mostly CD's at these but you never know you might get lucky.
There is a store or 2 in OH that have lots of metal, and at least 1 in TN. I will get the names and get back to you ASAP.
If you have a want list you can PM it to me and I would be happy to take a look at it for you
In the USA things are a little differant, There are NO Metal Marts.
And there are only a few stores that carry a lot of metal.
Record shows are hit and miss. At the Austin TX show(Oct) there will be 3-4 metal dealers CD's and Vinyl, At WFMU show NY/NJ (Nov) there again will be 2-3 metal dealers. In small shows around the country http://www.recordshowsofamerica.com/
you will find 1-2 dealers mostly CD's at these but you never know you might get lucky.
There is a store or 2 in OH that have lots of metal, and at least 1 in TN. I will get the names and get back to you ASAP.
If you have a want list you can PM it to me and I would be happy to take a look at it for you
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John's right--you can forget about metal marts in the USA, and to our European friends: Don't forget that the distances here are immense. To drive from San Francisco (where I live) to the Austin show, to see those few metal dealers, would take about two days, one-way; to drive to the WFMU show, on the east coast, would take about a week!
But don't give up too easily on the local stores. Because if you stay with it, eventually, you WILL find something really good--and it will probably be cheap!
Not to boast, but I'll give a couple of examples that might inspire you. I've mentioned on the board before that I found the Argus record for $1, and a Danger Zone test press for $5 or $6. A couple more:
Halloween - Don't Metal with Evil: $6
Unleashed EP (with sealed press kit): $4
Snow White EP: $3
Xcursion - Ready to Roll: $4
Villain - Only Time Will Tell: $50
Mercyful Fate EP w/white border and insert: $60
Again, I sifted through thousands of shit records to find each one of those, but every one those prices is a fraction of what the record is worth!
Good luck!!
But don't give up too easily on the local stores. Because if you stay with it, eventually, you WILL find something really good--and it will probably be cheap!
Not to boast, but I'll give a couple of examples that might inspire you. I've mentioned on the board before that I found the Argus record for $1, and a Danger Zone test press for $5 or $6. A couple more:
Halloween - Don't Metal with Evil: $6
Unleashed EP (with sealed press kit): $4
Snow White EP: $3
Xcursion - Ready to Roll: $4
Villain - Only Time Will Tell: $50
Mercyful Fate EP w/white border and insert: $60
Again, I sifted through thousands of shit records to find each one of those, but every one those prices is a fraction of what the record is worth!
Good luck!!